IBM workers group unaware of N.Y. job cuts; IBM mum

10:45 PM,
Feb. 26, 2014

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An IBM workers' group said Wednesday it is unaware of any planned job cuts in New York amid an ongoing expectation that a deal Monday with the company will spare any reductions in the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and IBM announced a major deal Monday that will preserve 3,100 jobs, mainly in the Hudson Valley, and include the addition of 750 jobs in the semiconductor field. Gannett's Albany Bureau reported that the belief was that the deal would stave off job cuts in New York that IBM planned globally starting Wednesday.

Lee Conrad, national coordinator of the workers' group based in Binghamton, said ...